Thread:JayAaerow/@comment-6769189-20160603184312/@comment-7738747-20160701203354

I agree with Jay here. It's not the first time Capcom messes up DMC canon and timeline.If you remember, the team whi produced DMC2 admitted they were doing it as an immediate sucessor to DMC1 in timeline. It was DMC4 which threw it further in timeline.

I don't know if Deadly Fortune is canon or not since what we have is only a part summary/part rant, but after read how Berial described  Sparda and how DmC presents him, gives the impression that Sparda as right hand man was the path capcom wanted to take.

Just like a good friend of mine said, even Bradley, who was apparently gentle, saw no problem on attacking humans and using them as food.Other thing we have to remember: Sparda's treason wouldn't have such impact in Mundus, if Sparda wasn't relevant to him. As much Sparda did the dirty work for him( as a Praetorian guard in Rome) only for an unknown reason, let Mundus dowm.

Basically the same for Nero: Capcom's team admitted they didn't know what to do with Nero, so, for lack of alternatives, they pick Vergil as a father, because(according to the artbook), "Vergil has no fans".